How to supress/Minimise space if no data is given in a crystal report

Dear members,
I have designed a report through crystal report and in that,i have a field namely remarks in group section.
during the generation of report if there is no remarks given there is a empty space shown in that place. which i need to avoid. please can anyone help me in this regard as how to minimize the space if no data is given to the field of remarks.
Thanks to all,
Venkatesh.R

Hi Venkatesh.R,
Right click on the section you want to supress and check on the box labelled Suppress blank section.
I highly suggest you search Crystal Reports Help before posting questions like this. Simply press the F1 key and the help menu will appear.
Thank you
Don

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